I have a new trick to determine the mathematical savvy of anyone who, for example, claims at a dinner party to have an exceptional grasp of mathematics. (What, this doesn’t happen to you all the time at dinner parties?)
Ahem.
Which is greater:
e to the power of pi
or
pi to the power of
e
?
Someone with even just the old run-of-the-mill proper-type grasp of mathematics should be able to answer this correctly in fifteen seconds or less. (And explain his reasoning, as there is a 50% chance of guessing the right answer.)
Bonus:
OK, but this stupid little trick stumped me:
Add one line to make the equation 5 + 5 + 5 = 550 true.
Argh!!!!!!
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